Haiti

Northern Haiti November 2020

Donated 2 VistaScan hand-held ultrasounds to Serving Sante
Donated 2 VistaScan hand-held ultrasounds to Unite por Lutte de Sante

Four Vistascan hand-held ultrasounds donated to Obstetrical charities in Cap Haitien, Northern Haiti. (Purchased at charity pricing from Emagine Technology Solutions)
Serving Sante obstetrical charity clinic. They had a very old partially functional ultrasound machine before our VistaScan donations.
Serving Sante obstetrical charity clinic. They had a very old partially functional ultrasound machine before our VistaScan donations.
Dr Osias scanning a patient: "my VistaScan is often the only functioning ultrasound anywhere because it's battery operated and there are so many electricity blackouts". "Everyday I make life-saving diagnosis with the VistaScan - like breech pregnancy or twin gestations"
Obstetrician at Unite por Lutte de Sante scanning a pregnant woman.
Obstetrician at Unite por Lutte de Sante scanning a pregnant woman.
Logbook showing exam types and histories for patients receiving VistaScan exams at Serving Sante. At HRD Corps we try to balance the benefits of collecting data for project improvement, against the intrusiveness and burden that data collection places on our clients who are often overwhelmed with the vast clinical needs of Haiti.

Haiti March 2020 Pinon

Donated two portable X-ray machines to Bienfaisance Hospital

Buying two used General Electric AMX-4 at auction from DOTmed. $3500 each with fees & taxes. A bio-engineered verified each was in good working order before crating and shipping.
Crating both AMX-4's (cost $525), then containerized shipping for both from New Jersey to Haiti (cost $2300)
Both AMX-4's arrive in good condition to Bienfaisance hospital, a private charity hospital in Pinon, Haiti which is about 4 hours from Port au Prince.
Both AMX-4's have been up and running for 6 months now - feedback from Bienfaisance is that about 400 X-rays were performed with each machine!

Haiti December 2019

2 more Sequoia ultrasounds donated to the University Hospital

HRD project manager signing donation to HUEH (Hôpital Université d'Etat d'Haiti) in Port au Prince. The only radiology residency in Haiti is based at this hospital. (Sequoias provided by Probo Medical). Before the Sequoia donations, they had two partially functional ultrasound machines.
Delivering the Sequoia to HUEH.
Hospital chief signing for receipt of donated Sequoia.
Hospital chief signing for receipt of donated Sequoia.
Hospital chief signing for receipt of donated Sequoia.

Haiti December 2019

Delivery of 3 donated Sequoia Ultrasound machines to Chancerelle Hospital. This is the main Obstetrical hospital in Port au Prince which had zero functioning ultrasound before our donations!

Probo Medical donated Sequoias to HRD Corps for the people of Haiti.

Sequoias arriving by truck.
Still wrapped and in good condition!
Delivering the Sequoia. A forklift or pallet jack would be nice on these heavy fragile machines.
Sequoias in the scanning room
Unpacking all the ultrasound probes. HRD Corps delivered Sequoias with 7 probes each.
Unpacking all the ultrasound probes. HRD Corps delivered Sequoias with 7 probes each.
All 3 Sequoias delivered and functioning in great condition!
HRD Corps project manager congratulating Chief of Obstetrics on receiving 3 Sequoias for Chancerelle hospital.
Chief of Obstetrics signing donation receipt.

Haiti September 2019

Training our 3 ultrasound students at GHESKIO on one of the 5 donated Sequoia ultrasounds
GHESKIO building their new Radiology Department
Annual Technologist Training seminar
Repairing Sequoia donated at St Damien's Pediatric hospital

Hands-on scan training in our Ultrasound program at GHESKIO. Using one of the 5 donated Sequoia ultrasound machines (provided by Probo Medical)
Hands-on scan training in our Ultrasound program at GHESKIO. Using one of the 5 donated Sequoia ultrasound machines (provided by Probo Medical)
Hands-on scan training in our Ultrasound program at GHESKIO. Using one of the 5 donated Sequoia ultrasound machines (provided by Probo Medical)
Our student imagines a patient with a kidney stone. Good job!
HRD provided design guidance for GHESKIO to build a new radiology department. The exterior is nearly complete.
HRD provided design guidance for GHESKIO to build a new radiology department. The exterior is nearly complete.
Radiology walls are approximately 8 inches of concrete in thickness. 6" of solid concrete provides 0.5mm of lead shielding equivalency for low occupancy situations involving typical medical imaging radiation energy levels. Concrete is much cheaper than lead!
Annual Radiology Technologist training seminar.
Annual Radiology Technologist training seminar.
HRD bio-engineer from Ohio replacing the hard-drive on one of our donated Sequoia ultrasounds at St Damien hospital in Port au Prince. It costs about $3000 for travel and logistics to bring a volunteer engineer to Haiti for a week.
HRD bio-engineer from Ohio replacing the hard-drive on one of our donated Sequoia ultrasounds at St Damien hospital in Port au Prince. It costs about $3000 for travel and logistics to bring a volunteer engineer to Haiti for a week.

Haiti July 2019

HRD Corps training our three ultrasound students at GHESKIO Hospital in Port au Prince. HRD Corps assessing and paying for repairs to the donated PET/CT scanner at St Francois.ur donations!

HRD Corps trained three ultrasound students
HRD Corps assessed and paid for repairs to donated PET/CT at St Francois
Lectured to the radiology residents

Our 3 ultrasound students, with GHESKIO leadership.
HRD Corps project manager, ultrasound technologist and radiologist
Ultrasound student scanning a volunteer using the donated Sequoia Ultrasound.
Two ultrasound students scanning with the donated VistaScan hand-held ultrasound.
PET/CT scanner donated by Florida Oncology to St Francois Hospital.
PET/CT scanner donated by Florida Oncology to St Francois Hospital.
HRD Corps bio-engineer evaluating the PET/CT for repairs and calibration.
PET/CT needs a new Optical Cable which HRD Corps provided

Haiti April 2019

Repairing a Sequoia ultrasound previously donated to the radiology residents at University hospital
Delivery of 5 donated Sequoia ultrasound machines to GHESKIO
Assessment & Tour of Chancerelle Obstetrical hospital
Buying Uninterruptable Power Supply

Replacing the keyboard of one of the previously donated Sequoias at the University Hospital. The Haitian radiology residents helped do the repair. (Sequoias donated to HRD Corps by Probo Medical.
Replacing the keyboard of one of the previously donated Sequoias at the University Hospital. The Haitian radiology residents helped do the repair. (Sequoias donated to HRD Corps by Probo Medical.
Replacing the keyboard of one of the previously donated Sequoias at the University Hospital. The Haitian radiology residents helped do the repair. (Sequoias donated to HRD Corps by Probo Medical.
Buying an Uninterruptable Power Supplies in Port au Prince to protect the Sequoia ultrasounds from voltage spikes. Electric power is unstable in Haiti with common voltage variation (brown-outs) and outages (black-outs) every day. This is damaging to electronics and computers. The UPS conditions the voltage quality to mitigate brownouts while also providing a few minutes of battery backup for the machines to safely shutdown when there's an actual blackout. Sequoias require a 20 amp UPS which cost nearly $500 each.
5 Sequoia ultrasounds safely delivered and donated to GHESKIO, donations generously provided by Probo Medical.
5 Sequoia ultrasounds safely delivered and donated to GHESKIO, donations generously provided by Probo Medical.
5 Sequoia ultrasounds safely delivered and donated to GHESKIO, donations generously provided by Probo Medical.
Touring Chancerelle hospital, the main obstetrical hospital for Port au Prince. They had zero functioning ultrasound!

Haiti March 2019

First meeting of ATIMH (Association des Technolgie en Imagerie Medicale d'Haiti)
Delivering 4 Sequoia Ultrasounds to Caracol Clinic
Ultrasound training for physician at Caracol Clinic
Touring Bernard Mevs Hospital
PET/CT from Florida Cancer Specialists arrived safely at St Francois Hospital

HRD leadership supporting the first meeting of ATIMH (~ Society of Haitian Medical Radiology Technologists) in Port au Prince. This is the first government registered Society for Haitian radiology technologists. This organization grew from the HRD Corps Annual Technologist Training seminar.
Training physician at Caracol Clinic with donated Sequoia ultrasounds (Sequoias provided by Probo Medical). Using hand-held GE V-scan to teach Point of Care Ultrasound.
Training physician at Caracol Clinic with donated Sequoia ultrasounds (Sequoias provided by Probo Medical). Using hand-held GE V-scan to teach Point of Care Ultrasound.
Training physician at Caracol Clinic with donated Sequoia ultrasounds (Sequoias provided by Probo Medical). Using hand-held GE V-scan to teach Point of Care Ultrasound.
CT scanner donated by Philips Medical is safely at Caracol Clinic.
Donated PET/CT from Florida Cancer Specialists arrived at St Francois Hospital. Reception building is built. Blue skywalk had to be raised to get the PET/CT trailer to pass under it.
Donated PET/CT from Florida Cancer Specialists arrived at St Francois Hospital. Reception building is built. Blue skywalk had to be raised to get the PET/CT trailer to pass under it.
Donated PET/CT from Florida Cancer Specialists arrived at St Francois Hospital. Reception building is built. Blue skywalk had to be raised to get the PET/CT trailer to pass under it.
Touring Justinien public hospital in Cap Haitien. There is only one functional ultrasound which is in the pediatric department.
Touring Justinien public hospital in Cap Haitien. There is only one functional ultrasound which is in the pediatric department.
Touring Justinien public hospital in Cap Haitien. There is only one functional ultrasound which is in the pediatric department.
Touring Bernard Mevs private hospital in Port au Prince. It has one of the few working CT scanners in Haiti.
Touring Bernard Mevs private hospital in Port au Prince. It has one of the few working CT scanners in Haiti.
Touring Bernard Mevs private hospital in Port au Prince. It has one of the few working CT scanners in Haiti.

Haiti September 2018

Annual Radiology Technologist Training Seminar
Tour & assessment of Albert Schweitzer Hospital
Tour & assessment of Bienfaisance Hospital

Annual Radiology Technologist Training Seminar; two days of lectures, hosted at Quisqueya University in Port au Prince.
Annual Radiology Technologist Training Seminar; two days of lectures, hosted at Quisqueya University in Port au Prince.
One day of Hands-on training with C-arm fluoroscopy in St Francois Hospital operating rooms.
Proud students with their completion certificates.
Tour of Bienfaisance hospital, a private charity hospital in Pinon, a rural town in central Haiti.
Tour of Bienfaisance hospital, a private charity hospital in Pinon, a rural town in central Haiti.
Tour of Bienfaisance hospital, a private charity hospital in Pinon, a rural town in central Haiti.
Tour of Bienfaisance hospital, a private charity hospital in Pinon, a rural town in central Haiti.
Tour of Bienfaisance hospital, a private charity hospital in Pinon, a rural town in central Haiti.
Trying to diagnose what is broken with the Bienfaisance X-ray tube.
Tour of Albert Schweitzer Hospital.
Tour of Albert Schweitzer Hospital.
Tour of Albert Schweitzer Hospital.
Tour of Albert Schweitzer Hospital.
Tour of Albert Schweitzer Hospital.
Albert Schweitzer X-ray images are quite blurry, probably due to CR reader problem.
Albert Schweitzer X-ray images are quite blurry, probably due to CR reader problem.
Albert Schweitzer X-ray images are quite blurry, probably due to CR reader problem.

Haiti September 2017

Annual Radiology Technologist Training Seminar
Tour & assessment of St Damien hospital
Checking in at: Carocol clinic, Justinien hospital and St Francois hospital

Annual Radiology Technologist Training Seminar hosted at Quisqueya University in Port au Prince. HRD Corps provided 2 days of lectures.
Annual Radiology Technologist Training Seminar hosted at Quisqueya University in Port au Prince. HRD Corps provided 2 days of lectures.
Annual Radiology Technologist Training Seminar hosted at Quisqueya University in Port au Prince. HRD Corps provided 2 days of lectures.
Annual Radiology Technologist Training Seminar hosted at Quisqueya University in Port au Prince. HRD Corps provided 2 days of lectures.
Annual Radiology Technologist Training Seminar hosted at Quisqueya University in Port au Prince. HRD Corps provided 2 days of lectures.
HRD Corps provided 1 day of hands-on training with X-ray and C-arm Fluoroscopy hosted at St Francois hospital.
HRD Corps provided 1 day of hands-on training with X-ray and C-arm Fluoroscopy hosted at St Francois hospital.
HRD Corps provided 1 day of hands-on training with X-ray and C-arm Fluoroscopy hosted at St Francois hospital.
The new building for X-ray and CT at the Caracol Clinic now has a ceiling and lights installed.
Visiting with Justinien hospital leadership.
Visiting with Justinien hospital leadership.
Our 2 donated Sequoia ultrasounds at St Francois hospital are in working order. (Sequoias provided by Probo Medical)
Tour of St Damien Hospital in Port au Prince. They have a portable model CT scanner which is working, and a donated 16 slice CT scanner which needs to be repaired before being installed. They have a nice MinXray machine. They need ultrasound donations!
Tour of St Damien Hospital in Port au Prince. They have a portable model CT scanner which is working, and a donated 16 slice CT scanner which needs to be repaired before being installed. They have a nice MinXray machine. They need ultrasound donations!
Tour of St Damien Hospital in Port au Prince. They have a portable model CT scanner which is working, and a donated 16 slice CT scanner which needs to be repaired before being installed. They have a nice MinXray machine. They need ultrasound donations!

Haiti June 2017

Touring Justinien public hospital in Cap Haitien
MediNova global health symposium hosted at University of Haiti at Limonadé
Assessing CT delivery and CT suite construction at Caracol Clinic

Touring Justinien public hospital.
Touring Justinien public hospital.
Touring Justinien public hospital.
Touring Justinien public hospital.
The CT suite being built at Caracol Clinic. 6 inches of solid concrete is equivalent to 0.5mm lead for typical medical imaging and low occupancy environment. These walls are about 14 inches thick (note folder used for scale). View from above shows concrete is not hollow.
The CT suite being built at Caracol Clinic. 6 inches of solid concrete is equivalent to 0.5mm lead for typical medical imaging and low occupancy environment. These walls are about 14 inches thick (note folder used for scale). View from above shows concrete is not hollow.
The CT suite being built at Caracol Clinic. 6 inches of solid concrete is equivalent to 0.5mm lead for typical medical imaging and low occupancy environment. These walls are about 14 inches thick (note folder used for scale). View from above shows concrete is not hollow.
Philips donated a new 2 slice helical CT scanner to the Caracol Clinic.
Philips donated a new 2 slice helical CT scanner to the Caracol Clinic.
MediNova (previously NOAH-NY) and First Health of New York sponsor the global health symposium.
MediNova (previously NOAH-NY) and First Health of New York sponsor the global health symposium.

Haiti May 2017

First Sequoia Ultrasound Donation
Meeting with Dr. Roi, Minister of Health and MediNova
Lecturing Haitian Residents

First Sequoia Donation to Haiti. Transport provided by Mission of Hope. Sequoia provided by Probo Medical. HRD Corps and Probo Medical would ultimately donate, deliver and support 26 Sequoias ultrasound machines to hospitals all across Haiti.
Delivering the Sequoia ultrasound to University Hospital (HUEH)
Delivering the Sequoia ultrasound to University Hospital (HUEH)
Delivering the Sequoia ultrasound to University Hospital (HUEH)
Testing the Sequoia and its 7 probes on delivery
Haitian radiology residents receiving Sequoia donation.
Haitian radiology residents receiving Sequoia donation.
Meeting of HRD Corps, MediNova and Dr. Roi of the Ministry of Health.

Haiti

Northern Haiti November 2020

Four Vistascan hand-held ultrasounds donated to Obstetrical charities in Cap Haitien, Northern Haiti. (Purchased at charity pricing from Emagine Technology Solutions)

Serving Sante obstetrical charity clinic. They had a very old partially functional ultrasound machine before our VistaScan donations.

Serving Sante obstetrical charity clinic. They had a very old partially functional ultrasound machine before our VistaScan donations.

Dr Osias scanning a patient: "my VistaScan is often the only functioning ultrasound anywhere because it's battery operated and there are so many electricity blackouts". "Everyday I make life-saving diagnosis with the VistaScan - like breech pregnancy or twin gestations"

Obstetrician at Unite por Lutte de Sante scanning a pregnant woman.

Obstetrician at Unite por Lutte de Sante scanning a pregnant woman.

Haiti March 2020 Pinon

Buying two used General Electric AMX-4 at auction from DOTmed. $3500 each with fees & taxes. A bio-engineered verified each was in good working order before crating and shipping.

Crating both AMX-4's (cost $525), then containerized shipping for both from New Jersey to Haiti (cost $2300)

Both AMX-4's arrive in good condition to Bienfaisance hospital, a private charity hospital in Pinon, Haiti which is about 4 hours from Port au Prince.

Both AMX-4's have been up and running for 6 months now - feedback from Bienfaisance is that about 400 X-rays were performed with each machine!

Haiti December 2019

HRD project manager signing donation to HUEH (Hôpital Université d'Etat d'Haiti) in Port au Prince. The only radiology residency in Haiti is based at this hospital. (Sequoias provided by Probo Medical). Before the Sequoia donations, they had two partially functional ultrasound machines.

Delivering the Sequoia to HUEH.

Hospital chief signing for receipt of donated Sequoia.

Hospital chief signing for receipt of donated Sequoia.

Hospital chief signing for receipt of donated Sequoia.

Haiti December 2019

Delivery of 3 donated Sequoia Ultrasound machines to Chancerelle Hospital. This is the main Obstetrical hospital in Port au Prince which had zero functioning ultrasound before our donations!

Sequoias arriving by truck.

Still wrapped and in good condition!

Delivering the Sequoia. A forklift or pallet jack would be nice on these heavy fragile machines.

Sequoias in the scanning room

Unpacking all the ultrasound probes. HRD Corps delivered Sequoias with 7 probes each.

Unpacking all the ultrasound probes. HRD Corps delivered Sequoias with 7 probes each.

All 3 Sequoias delivered and functioning in great condition!

HRD Corps project manager congratulating Chief of Obstetrics on receiving 3 Sequoias for Chancerelle hospital.

Chief of Obstetrics signing donation receipt.

Haiti September 2019

Hands-on scan training in our Ultrasound program at GHESKIO. Using one of the 5 donated Sequoia ultrasound machines (provided by Probo Medical)

Hands-on scan training in our Ultrasound program at GHESKIO. Using one of the 5 donated Sequoia ultrasound machines (provided by Probo Medical)

Hands-on scan training in our Ultrasound program at GHESKIO. Using one of the 5 donated Sequoia ultrasound machines (provided by Probo Medical)

Our student imagines a patient with a kidney stone. Good job!

HRD provided design guidance for GHESKIO to build a new radiology department. The exterior is nearly complete.

HRD provided design guidance for GHESKIO to build a new radiology department. The exterior is nearly complete.

Radiology walls are approximately 8 inches of concrete in thickness. 6" of solid concrete provides 0.5mm of lead shielding equivalency for low occupancy situations involving typical medical imaging radiation energy levels. Concrete is much cheaper than lead!

Annual Radiology Technologist training seminar.

Annual Radiology Technologist training seminar.

HRD bio-engineer from Ohio replacing the hard-drive on one of our donated Sequoia ultrasounds at St Damien hospital in Port au Prince. It costs about $3000 for travel and logistics to bring a volunteer engineer to Haiti for a week.

HRD bio-engineer from Ohio replacing the hard-drive on one of our donated Sequoia ultrasounds at St Damien hospital in Port au Prince. It costs about $3000 for travel and logistics to bring a volunteer engineer to Haiti for a week.

Haiti July 2019

HRD Corps training our three ultrasound students at GHESKIO Hospital in Port au Prince. HRD Corps assessing and paying for repairs to the donated PET/CT scanner at St Francois.ur donations!

Our 3 ultrasound students, with GHESKIO leadership.

HRD Corps project manager, ultrasound technologist and radiologist

Ultrasound student scanning a volunteer using the donated Sequoia Ultrasound.

Two ultrasound students scanning with the donated VistaScan hand-held ultrasound.

PET/CT scanner donated by Florida Oncology to St Francois Hospital.

PET/CT scanner donated by Florida Oncology to St Francois Hospital.

HRD Corps bio-engineer evaluating the PET/CT for repairs and calibration.

PET/CT needs a new Optical Cable which HRD Corps provided

Haiti April 2019

Replacing the keyboard of one of the previously donated Sequoias at the University Hospital. The Haitian radiology residents helped do the repair. (Sequoias donated to HRD Corps by Probo Medical.

Replacing the keyboard of one of the previously donated Sequoias at the University Hospital. The Haitian radiology residents helped do the repair. (Sequoias donated to HRD Corps by Probo Medical.

Replacing the keyboard of one of the previously donated Sequoias at the University Hospital. The Haitian radiology residents helped do the repair. (Sequoias donated to HRD Corps by Probo Medical.

5 Sequoia ultrasounds safely delivered and donated to GHESKIO, donations generously provided by Probo Medical.

5 Sequoia ultrasounds safely delivered and donated to GHESKIO, donations generously provided by Probo Medical.

5 Sequoia ultrasounds safely delivered and donated to GHESKIO, donations generously provided by Probo Medical.

Touring Chancerelle hospital, the main obstetrical hospital for Port au Prince. They had zero functioning ultrasound!

Haiti March 2019

HRD leadership supporting the first meeting of ATIMH (~ Society of Haitian Medical Radiology Technologists) in Port au Prince. This is the first government registered Society for Haitian radiology technologists. This organization grew from the HRD Corps Annual Technologist Training seminar.

Training physician at Caracol Clinic with donated Sequoia ultrasounds (Sequoias provided by Probo Medical). Using hand-held GE V-scan to teach Point of Care Ultrasound.

Training physician at Caracol Clinic with donated Sequoia ultrasounds (Sequoias provided by Probo Medical). Using hand-held GE V-scan to teach Point of Care Ultrasound.

Training physician at Caracol Clinic with donated Sequoia ultrasounds (Sequoias provided by Probo Medical). Using hand-held GE V-scan to teach Point of Care Ultrasound.

CT scanner donated by Philips Medical is safely at Caracol Clinic.

Donated PET/CT from Florida Cancer Specialists arrived at St Francois Hospital. Reception building is built. Blue skywalk had to be raised to get the PET/CT trailer to pass under it.

Donated PET/CT from Florida Cancer Specialists arrived at St Francois Hospital. Reception building is built. Blue skywalk had to be raised to get the PET/CT trailer to pass under it.

Donated PET/CT from Florida Cancer Specialists arrived at St Francois Hospital. Reception building is built. Blue skywalk had to be raised to get the PET/CT trailer to pass under it.

Touring Justinien public hospital in Cap Haitien. There is only one functional ultrasound which is in the pediatric department.

Touring Justinien public hospital in Cap Haitien. There is only one functional ultrasound which is in the pediatric department.

Touring Justinien public hospital in Cap Haitien. There is only one functional ultrasound which is in the pediatric department.

Touring Bernard Mevs private hospital in Port au Prince. It has one of the few working CT scanners in Haiti.

Touring Bernard Mevs private hospital in Port au Prince. It has one of the few working CT scanners in Haiti.

Touring Bernard Mevs private hospital in Port au Prince. It has one of the few working CT scanners in Haiti.

Haiti September 2018

Annual Radiology Technologist Training Seminar; two days of lectures, hosted at Quisqueya University in Port au Prince.

Annual Radiology Technologist Training Seminar; two days of lectures, hosted at Quisqueya University in Port au Prince.

One day of Hands-on training with C-arm fluoroscopy in St Francois Hospital operating rooms.

Proud students with their completion certificates.